The Legislative Auditor or the Legislative Auditor’s designee, in performing his or her duties pursuant to NRS 218G.575, shall:
1. Receive and review copies of all guidelines used by governmental facilities for children and private facilities for children concerning the health, safety, welfare, and civil and other rights of children;
2. Receive and review copies of each complaint that is filed by any child or other person on behalf of a child who is under the care of a governmental facility for children or private facility for children concerning the health, safety, welfare, and civil and other rights of the child;
3. Perform unannounced site visits and on-site inspections of governmental facilities for children and private facilities for children;
4. Review reports and other documents prepared by governmental facilities for children and private facilities for children concerning the disposition of any complaint which was filed by any child or other person on behalf of a child concerning the health, safety, welfare, and civil and other rights of the child;
5. Review the practices, policies and procedures of governmental facilities for children and private facilities for children for filing and investigating complaints made by children under their care or by any other person on behalf of such children concerning the health, safety, welfare, and civil and other rights of the children; and
6. Receive, review and evaluate all information and reports from a governmental facility for children or private facility for children relating to a child who suffers a fatality or near fatality while under the care or custody of the facility.
(Added to NRS by 2009, 3)
Structure Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 218G - Legislative Audits
NRS 218G.010 - Legislative declaration.
NRS 218G.030 - "Agency of the State" defined.
NRS 218G.100 - Qualifications of Legislative Auditor.
NRS 218G.110 - General powers and duties; standards for audits.
NRS 218G.120 - Performance of regular and special audits and investigations.
NRS 218G.150 - Duties following report of inadequacy of fiscal records.
NRS 218G.160 - Biennial report to Legislature and Governor.
NRS 218G.200 - Audits of state agencies required; duty of agency personnel to assist in audit.
NRS 218G.220 - Duty of State Controller and agency personnel to submit financial statements.
NRS 218G.505 - "Abuse or neglect of a child" defined.
NRS 218G.510 - "Agency which provides child welfare services" defined.
NRS 218G.515 - "Family foster home" defined.
NRS 218G.520 - "Governmental facility for children" defined.
NRS 218G.525 - "Group foster home" defined.
NRS 218G.530 - "Near fatality" defined.
NRS 218G.535 - "Private facility for children" defined.
NRS 218G.570 - Performance audits of governmental facilities for children.
NRS 218G.580 - Scope of inspection, review and survey.
NRS 218G.585 - Duty of facilities to cooperate with inspection, review and survey.